I bought this to put on my turntable to sell. I wanted to sell the Rega, but keep my Denon cartridge, so I thought this was a cheap way to make the Rega fully functional for the sale. I've also been curious about this line of cartridges. I must say it sounds really nice. Balanced from top to bottom with a good soundstage. Surface noise is lower than expected and tracking is not bad for a conical tip. I think this is a better bet than putting some generic stylus on a vintage cartridge. You won't find a better solution for the money. Would love to hear the ML and Shibata styluses.